IISER Admissions 2024

About IISERs

The Government of India has established the IISERs at Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tirupati to integrate and promote interdisciplinary science education and research. Over the years, the IISERs have been successfully attracting talented young minds. An overarching goal of the IISERs is to enable students to shape the nation by inventing and implementing sustainable solutions for societal problems through research in science. This is being achieved by our faculty of international repute together with bright students. In a short span of time, the IISERs have generated an incredible amount of intellectual property in the form of publications and patents.

About BS and BS-MS Dual Degree Programs

• Five-year dual degree program for science students
• Classroom learning integrated with research, providing ample scope for interdisciplinary activities
• Curriculum with a focus on both breadth and depth in the natural sciences, engineering sciences and economics
• Opportunity to pursue impactful research
• Fully residential campuses with well-equipped hostels
• Access to on-campus medical facilities along with sports and other recreational facilities

Key Features

• Highly competent and motivated faculty with passion for teaching and pursuing research in frontier areas of science
• Integrated undergraduate teaching and cutting-edge research
• Exposure and access to world-class research facilities right from the start of the program
• Research internships and year-long research projects leading to MS thesis with opportunities for interdisciplinary research

Overall Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be Indian nationals, OCI/PIO/Foreign Nationals to apply for IAT 2024.
• The candidates must have passed the Class XII or equivalent level examination in 2022 or 2023 or 2024 from any board recognized by the Council of Boards of School Education in India COBSE. Foreign Nationals need to upload an equivalence certificate issued by the Association of Indian Universities unless they have passed the Class XII or equivalent level examination in 2022 or 2023 or 2024 from any board recognized by the Council of Boards of School Education in India COBSE. The equivalence certificate must be uploaded while submitting the IAT-2024 Application Form under the "Please upload copy of document supporting your claim of Foreign National (You'll need to produce original when necessary)".
• Candidates must have taken at least three subjects among Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics during their Class XII (or equivalent) examination.
• Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD require to score a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII (or equivalent) examination. Candidates belonging to other categories require to score a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII (or equivalent) examination.

Note

The students from the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), from Kashmir division/Winter Zone areas of Jammu division and the U.T. of Ladakh, who appeared in their Class XII or equivalent level examination in Dec 2021, are also eligible to apply for the IAT 2024, provided they satisfy all the other eligibility criteria. During the application process, these students must pick 2022 as their year of passing the class 12 examination.

Candidates belonging to Kashmiri Pandit/Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) may apply for the IAT-2024 as Kashmiri Migrants subject to the fullfillment of other eligibility criteria. These candidates must upload a valid domicile certificate at the time of application in place of "Kashmiri Migrant Certificate".

Performance Criteria in Class XII/Equivalent Examination

• Candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination results have not yet been declared, can apply for IAT 2024. However, their admission will be subject to fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria given above.
• For candidates who had appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2023 and reappeared in any subject (for whatever reason) in 2024, the better of two performances will be considered.
• If a board gives aggregate marks considering both Class XI and Class XII, then only Class XII (or equivalent) examination marks will be considered. If a board gives aggregate marks considering the results of all three years of a 3-year diploma or courses of equivalent duration, then only the marks scored in the final year will be considered. Similarly, the marks scored in the final two semesters will be considered for boards that follow a semester system.
• If a board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade-sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it before the deadline of the mark-sheet submission. In case the board does not provide such a certificate, the percentage marks will be assessed as follows:

          Percentage marks = (CGPA or CPI obtained × 100) / PS where PS is the maximum value of the point scale used by the respective board.

Reservation Policy

• Reservation policies as mandated by the Govt. of India will apply
• Scheduled Caste (SC) - 15% of seats
• Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 7.5% of seats
• Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) - 27% of seats
• Persons with Disability (PwD) with at least 40% impairment - 5% of seats (supernumerary)
• Kashmiri Migrants - 3 seats per IISER (supernumerary)
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS) - up to 10% (as per Government of India rules)
• Note that the EWS/OBC-NCL certificate should be valid for the financial year 2024-25

OCI/PIO

OCI/PIO card holders can apply for IAT 2024, provided they satisfy other eligibility criteria. They shall be eligible to compete for the unreserved seats.

Foreign Nationals

Candidates who are not citizens of India AND do not hold OCI/PIO cards shall be considered as foreign nationals. Such candidates are eligible to appear for IAT-2024. The applicant need to upload an equivalence certificate issued by the Association of Indian Universities unless they have passed the Class XII or equivalent level examination in 2022 or 2023 or 2024 from any board recognized by the Council of Boards of School Education in India COBSE. The equivalence certificate must be uploaded while submitting the IAT-2024 Application Form under the "Please upload copy of document supporting your claim of Foreign National (You'll need to produce original when necessary)".

Admission to IISERs

Admission to IISERs is exclusively through the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT), which is a computer-based test scheduled on Sunday, June 09, 2024 at 9:00 AM, at various centres across the country.

IISER Aptitude Test (IAT)

IAT 2024 will be held on Sunday, June 09, 2024 at 9 AM.

IAT 2024 will be conducted as a computer-based test in various centres across India.

IAT will consist of 60 questions, 15 questions each from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.

Total time for answering the test will be 180 minutes. Questions will be of multiple choice type with only one correct answer.

• Each correct answer will be awarded 4 marks.
• Each incorrect answer will lead to the deduction of 1 mark.
• Unanswered questions will be awarded 0 mark.
• Therefore, maximum marks in IAT will be 240.

The total marks obtained by a candidate out of 240 will be considered for preparing the Rank List.

Not every candidate appearing in IAT 2024 will be awarded a rank. The rank cut-off will be announced at an appropriate time. Further, getting a rank does not guarantee offer/admission to an IISER.

Note

Students must have at least one of the two subjects, Mathematics and Biology in the class XII level. The questions in the IAT will be from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics with equal weightage. There are no subject specific cut-off marks, though. For admissions to the BS degree programs in Engineering Sciences/Economic Sciences at IISER Bhopal, having Mathematics in class XII in mandatory.

Mathematics at Class XII level is not mandatory for BS-MS degree programs. However, for admission to BS degree programs in Economic Sciences and Engineering sciences at IISER Bhopal, Mathematics as one of the subjects at class XII level is mandatory.

Important Dates

Syllabus

The IAT 2024 will broadly follow the rationalized NCERT syllabus for 2023-2024. Click here for the details.

Seat Matrix

The tentative total number of seats available for BS-MS/BS program is 1933, with each IISER having the following number of seats.

IAT for Other Institutes

The following Institutions use IAT-2024 for admitting students to their programs as specified below:

Bachelor of Science (Research) program of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
BS-Medical Sciences and Engineering program of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM).
Students who wish to apply to any of the above programs (IISc, IITM) MUST complete BOTH Step 1 and Step 2 detailed below.

Step 1: Apply to IAT-2024 on the IISER admission portal (www.iiseradmission.in).
Step 2: Fill up the application form on the IISc AND/OR IITM admission portal as applicable.
In other words, students wishing to apply for the programs listed above MUST apply to BOTH IAT-2024 AND the said program SEPARATELY.

For IISc Bangalore, please click the following: https://admissions.iisc.ac.in

For IIT Madras, please click the following: https://mst.iitm.ac.in/bs-in-medical-sciences-engineering/#bsadminfo2024

Related Links

• Information Brochure
• Apply for IAT
• Syllabus
• Previous Year Question Papers
• Mock Test
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Bachelor of Science (Research) program of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• BS-Medical Sciences and Engineering program of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

Source: IISER Admissions 2024